diff --git a/lib/gollum/markup.rb b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
index f4a92b4f..3bac70d1 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/markup.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
@@ -54,10 +54,8 @@ module Gollum
       data = process_tags(data)
       data = process_code(data, encoding)
 
-      doc = Nokogiri::HTML::DocumentFragment.parse(data)
-      doc = remove_links_in_code(doc)
-
       if sanitize || block_given?
+        doc = Nokogiri::HTML::DocumentFragment.parse(data)
         doc = sanitize.clean_node!(doc) if sanitize
         yield doc if block_given?
         data = doc.to_html
@@ -156,11 +154,29 @@ module Gollum
     # Returns the marked up String data.
     def process_tags(data)
       @tagmap.each do |id, tag|
-        data.gsub!(id, process_tag(tag))
+        # If it's preformatted, just put the tag back
+        if is_preformatted?(data, id)
+          data.gsub!(id, "[[#{tag}]]")
+        else
+          data.gsub!(id, process_tag(tag))
+        end
       end
       data
     end
 
+    # Find `id` within `data` and determine if it's within
+    # preformatted tags.
+    #
+    # data      - The String data (with placeholders).
+    # id        - The String SHA1 hash.
+    PREFORMATTED_TAGS = %w(code tt)
+    def is_preformatted?(data, id)
+      doc = Nokogiri::HTML::DocumentFragment.parse(data)
+      node = doc.search("[text()*='#{id}']").first
+      node && (PREFORMATTED_TAGS.include?(node.name) ||
+        node.ancestors.any? { |a| PREFORMATTED_TAGS.include?(a.name) })
+    end
+
     # Process a single tag into its final HTML form.
     #
     # tag       - The String tag contents (the stuff inside the double
@@ -356,15 +372,6 @@ module Gollum
       end
     end
 
-    def remove_links_in_code(doc)
-      doc.css('code > a').each do |link|
-        link.before("[[#{link.content}]]")
-        link.remove
-      end
-
-      doc
-    end
-
     #########################################################################
     #
     # Code
diff --git a/test/test_markup.rb b/test/test_markup.rb
index 2a2b2d0c..b14e597e 100644
--- a/test/test_markup.rb
+++ b/test/test_markup.rb
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ context "Markup" do
     assert_equal "<pre><code>sed -i '' 's/[[:space:]]*$//'\n</code></pre>", page.formatted_data
   end
 
+  test "piped wiki link within code block" do
+    @wiki.write_page("Potato", :markdown, "`make a link [[home|sweet home]]`", commit_details)
+    page = @wiki.page("Potato")
+    assert_equal "<p><code>make a link [[home|sweet home]]</code></p>", page.formatted_data
+  end
+
   #########################################################################
   #
   # Images